Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman holds the Distinguished Chair in Psychology at the University of California Davis and is Director of the Center for Public Policy Research. It is widely believed that she was the one who beginning the current research into the study of witness memory as well as child victimes as witness in court circumstances. Professor Goodman has published numerous papers as well as received numerous grants. She has also has been awarded several international and national distinctions. She has provided advice on policy and research to numerous agencies and government departments around the globe. She has been a consultant with the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center and was previously The Multidisciplinary Interview Center of Sacramento County Child Protective Services. She is also a fellow in the Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association, (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 55). Professor Goodman is also a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding Member) International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has been president of the American Psychological Association's Developmental Psychology Division as well as three divisions of the Child and Family Practice and Policy Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.